At the age of 80, Yuichiro Miura of Japan becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Everest in 2013.
He was born in Aomori in 1932 and was the first Japanese to compete in the Italian Kilometer Lance in 1964, achieving a new world record of 172.084 km/h. He skied down Mt. Fuji in 1966. Yuichiro Miura, an 80-year-old explorer, reached the peak of Mount Everest for the third time, making him the world's oldest person to do so. His path to that point had been defined by a series of unparalleled adversities. He chose to make a third try at the age of 80 after successfully conquering Mount Everest for the second time at the age of 75.
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